Thread moistener



.my 31, 192s. 1,678,697 C. H. GIEBELER THREAD MoIsTENER Filed May 11, 1,927

Inventar By @am @f5/zam Patented July 31, 1928.

UNITED STATES PATENT orner..

THREAD MOISTENER.

Application illed lay 11,

The object of my invention is the provision of a peculiar and advantageous device for moistening silk threadsprece'dent to the knitting of silken fabrics,1t having been ascertained that the uality of the fabric is improved when the t read is moistened 1mmediately before being subJected to the action of a knitting machine.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

ln the accompanying drawing, forming part of this specification:

Figure 1 is a vertical section of the device constituting the preferred embodiment of my invention.

Figure 2 is a erspective, on an enlarged scale, of the felt older of my improvement.

Figure 3 is an enlarged -yertical section taken through the upper portion of my novel device in a plane at right angles to Figure 1.

Similar numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the views of the drawing.

Among other elements, my novel moistener comprises a receptacle for water` designated by 1, the said receptacle beingdesigned to be fastened through the medium of any appropriate fastener to the frame of a knitting machine. Q

The water line in the receptacle 1 is shown by dotted lines in Figure 1 and is designated by 2. c

hastened in appropriate manner, as b y brazing, to the wall of the receptacle 1 is the felt holder 3 of my improvement, the felt holder being preferably formed in one piece of sheet metal and including an. uprghtplate 4, shelves 5 and danges 6 rising from the shelves and spaced from the plate 4. rlhe shelves 5 are separated by an. intervening space '7, Figure 2, and it will also be noticed that the upstanding plate 4 is provided with an aperture 8 .in which is r arranged, by preference, a thiinble 9, Figure 1. Blocks or pieces of felt designated by 9 are arranged on the shelves 5 with the line of demarkation between their inner confronting ends coincident with the aperture 8 and also coincident with the space 7 between the shelves 5.

A thread, preferably of silk, is shown in Figure 1 en route to a knitting machine, the said thread being designated by 10 and 1927. Serial No. 190,571.

being described as a silk thread because my improvement is designed more especially, though not necessarily, for moistening the thread incorporated in a knitted silken fabric.

The wall of the receptacle 1 remote from the felt holder 31is provided with an aperture preferably surrounded by a thimble 11, and arranged in the same vertical plane as the before mentioned aperture 8.

At 12 is a float, preferably of hollow form and calculated to rest with its upper side Hush with the surface of the quantity of Water contained in the receptacle 1. The said float 12 is hermetically sealed by preference, and in some cases, may if deemed expedient be charged with a buoyant gas precedent to being sealed. At its upper side the float 12 is provided with a channel 13y disposed in the same vertical plane as the apertures 9 or rather the thimbles 9 and 11, and the apertures in said thimbles. Appropriately carried by the float 12 in the channel thereof and affixed in any suitable manner to the float 12 is a thimble 14, the aperture of which is in coincidence with the aperture 8 and the aperture in the thimble 11. En route to the knitting machine the thread 10 is carried through the aperture in the thimble 11, the aperture in the thimble 14 between the confronting ends of the blocks of felt 9, and the aperture 8 in the order named and incident to the said passage it will be understood that the thread will be adequately moistened and that excess moisture will be removed from the thread by the felt blocks in contact with the thread. It will be understood that the action of the felt blocks or sections 9 is a wiping action calculated to assure the thread being delivered to the knitting machine without excess moisture on the thread.

It will be understood from the foregoing that my novel device is elicient for the purpose indicated, and requires little or no attention on the part of the operative of the knitting machine alluded to.

I have entered into a detail description of the preferred embodiment of my invention in order to impart a full, clear, and exact understanding of the said embodiment. I do not desire, however, to be understood as limiting myself to the structure disclosed, my invention being defined by my appended claims within the scope of which modifications may be made without departure from my invention.

Having thus described the mvention, what I claim 1s:

-,l. A thread moistener comprising a receptacle designed to contain a moistening liquid, a felt support arran ed on the receptacle and having an uprig t plate with an aperture in the upright plate of the felt support, said apertures being for the assage of a threa through the aperture o the receptacle, the aperture in the thimble of the float and the aperture in the upright plate of the felt support, in the order named.

2. In a thread moistener, .and in eombination, a su port including a plate, shelves reaching rom the plate and spaced apart,

flanges on the shelves and spaced from the plate, and 'a thread guide in the same plane as the space between the shelves.

3. In a thread moistener, and in combination, a thread guide, felt holders at. o posite sides of the plane of the thread gui e, and sections of felt carried by said holders and ,having their confronting surfaces at oppositedsides of the center of the said thread 1 e. In testimony whereof I ailix my signature. Y

CHARLES H. GIEBELER'.. 

